26 January 2022 Navy Sets FY22 Retention Benchmarks, Announces Expanded Retention Excellence Awards The Navy announced its fiscal year 2022 retention goals and a more competitive annual Retention Excellence Award (REA) on January 26 in NAVADMIN 012/22...
26 January 2022 New U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Visit Egypt Marking Arrival to 5th Fleet MANAMA, Bahrain - Two U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutters stopped in Alexandria, Egypt, for a scheduled port visit Jan 25, marking their arrival to U.S. 5th Fleet after departing Key West, Florida in November...
26 January 2022 Naval District Washington Gears Up for Annual Force Protection Exercise WASHINGTON - Naval installations within the National Capital Region are preparing to participate in the scheduled exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain (CS/SC) 2022, which is set to take place Jan. 31 - Feb. 11...
25 January 2022 ‘The Big Guava’ hosts Tampa Navy Week March 21-27 MILLINGTON, Tenn. – The U.S. Navy is preparing to bring a Navy Week to Tampa Bay during the week of March 21-27, the third Navy Week of the year and last in Tampa since 2018...
25 January 2022 U.S. 5th Fleet Ships Visit Pakistan MANAMA, BAHRAIN - Patrol coastal ships USS Squall (PC 7) and USS Whirlwind (PC 11) arrived in Karachi, Pakistan, for a scheduled port visit Jan. 25...
24 January 2022 NATO Kicks Off Vigilance Activity Neptune Strike 2022 Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) and U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) commenced NATO-led activity Neptune Strike 2022 from the SIXTHFLT flagship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), Jan. 24...
23 January 2022 U.S. Navy Interdicts Stateless Vessel Previously Caught Smuggling Weapons MANAMA, Bahrain – On Jan. 18, U.S. 5th Fleet ships interdicted a stateless fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman that was caught smuggling illicit weapons off the coast of Somalia last year...
21 January 2022 Naval STEM Superstars: DoD SAQ Award Winner – Wayne Jordheim Naval STEM Superstars is a blog series to acknowledge the Department of Defense STEM Advocate of the Quarter (DoD SAQ) award winners. Each quarter, the award recognizes an exceptional DoD civilian, military member, or team who has gone above and beyond in STEM education and outreach. ...
21 January 2022 Naval STEM Superstars: DoD SAQ Award Winner – Erica Borgers Klonkowski Naval STEM Superstars is a blog series to acknowledge the Department of Defense STEM Advocate of the Quarter (DoD SAQ) award winners. Each quarter, the award recognizes an exceptional DoD civilian, military member, or team who has gone above and beyond in STEM education and outreach...
20 January 2022 Underwater Construction Team 2 Completes the Inaugural Multinational Underwater Repair Exercise with the Republic of Korea Navy Underwater Construction Team APRA HARBOR, Guam - Divers from the U.S. Navy’s (USN) Underwater Construction Team TWO (UCT 2 ) Construction Diving Detachment ALFA (CDD/A), Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit ONE (MDSU-1), and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) Underwater Construction Team (UCT) completed the first-ever Multinational...